New migrants brought to Libya centre hit by deadly air strike

By Reuters,

More migrants have been moved to a detention centre in Libya capital where an air strike killed more than 50 people last week, despite a risk it could...

libya , United Nations

MP accused of advocating overthrow of President Mnangagwa detained

By Reuters,

A Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker appeared in court on Thursday facing subversion charges that carry a 20-year jail term upon conviction, his lawyer sa...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , Job Sikhala

Gunmen massacre 18, including children, in Papua New Guinea attack

By Reuters,

Gunmen have massacred as many as 18 people including women and children in a remote village in Papua New Guinea, apparently the latest victims of a tr...

Sudan’s military council to be dissolved in transition deal

By VOA,

Sudan's top general says the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April will be dissolved with the i...

Sudan military council , Sudan Protests

Algerians protest, celebrate independence day amid tensions

By VOA,

Thousands of Algerians took to the streets Friday to demand new democratic leadership and celebrate their country's hard-fought independence from colo...

Algeria protests , Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Airstrike on Libyan detention center kills 40

By VOA,

The United Nations envoy to Libya says the airstrikes on a detention center for migrants outside of Libya's capital that killed at least 40 people cou...

Africa Union , airstrike , libya , migrants , United Nations

Internet restored in Ethiopia 10 days after assassinations

By VOA,

Ethiopia has begun restoring internet access Tuesday, 10 days after it was cut following the assassination of six top government officials. On June...

Ethiopia , Internet Shutdown

Algeria parliament president Bouchareb resigns

By Reuters,

Algerian parliament president Moad Bouchareb quit on Tuesday, Ennahar TV and a parliamentary source said, after prolonged demands for his removal by p...

Algeria , parliament , President Abdelaziz Bouteflika , President Moad Bouchareb

23 dead, 300 missing after attack on Mali village

By Reuters,

At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after an attack on Sunday on a village of Fulani herders in central Mali where communal violence has surge...

attack , Fulani herders , Issiaka Ganame , MALI

South Sudan President Kiir kicks off 2-day State Visit in Kenya

By PSCU,

President Salva Kiir was this morning received at State House, Nairobi, in an elaborate ceremony that included a 21-gun salute. The South Sudan Pre...

President Salva Kiir , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

By Reuters,

Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones wh...

Khalifa Haftar , libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Rockets

Papua New Guinea volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

By Reuters,

Volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forced 15,000 villagers in the country's northeast to flee their homes, aid agencies said on Sunday....

Mount Ulawun , Papua New Guinea , Volcanic Explosion

Cell phone, social media helped lead to arrest in student’s death

By CNN,

Cell phones and social media were at the heart of the investigation that led to an arrest in the killing of a University of Utah student who vanished ...

DNA , Mackenzie Lueck , murder , Police , University of Utah

‘Dozens’ killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt: regional government

By Reuters,

Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue state militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region at the weekend, the regional gove...

'Dozens' killed , coup , Ethiopia , militia

Ethiopia coup mastermind on the run, others arrested: government

By Reuters,

The man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region was on the run with some of his supporters on Monday but a number of...

coup , Ethiopia , gun attacks

Ethiopia regional coup mastermind killed, others arrested: government

By Reuters,

The man accused of trying to seize control of Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region was shot dead on Monday, a senior government official said, and a nu...

coup attempt , Ethiopia , General Asamnew Tsige , Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Plane of skydivers crashed in fiery heaps shortly after take off

By Ian Omondi,

A skydiving plane that went down in Hawaii, killing all 11 people aboard, crashed in a fiery heap shortly after it took off, authorities said. Th...

HAWAII , Manuel P. Neves , plane , Skydiving

Failed coup sees Ethiopia army chief shot dead by bodyguard

By Reuters,

A failed coup in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state government led to four people being killed, including Ethiopia's Army Chief of Staff and...

Ambachew Mekonnen , Amhara state , coup , Ethiopia , Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia’s chief of staff killed in coup attempt in Amhara state

By Reuters,

Ethiopia’s chief of staff and at least three other senior officials have been killed during a coup attempt by an army general in the northern state ...

Abiy Ahmed , Ambachew Mekonnen , Amhara , coup , Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s PM says army chief of staff shot thwarting coup

By Reuters,

Ethiopia’s army chief of staff was shot while trying to thwart an attempted coup on Saturday in a federal state north of the capital Addis Ababa, Pr...

Billene Seyoum , Ethiopia , General Seare Mekonnen , Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed